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EXTRACTS  FROM  A  WILL 


MAKING 

BEQUESTS  TO  HARVAKD  COLLEGE, 

IN    BEHALF   OF 


^tctioii  St(onb  of  Article  5 «onb. 

The  entire  property  herein  given  and  bequeathed  to 
the  President  and  Fellows  of  Harvakd  College 
shall  ])e  forever  kept  separate  and  distinct  fi-oni  all 
other  funds  whatsoever,  and  from  all  other  property 
belonging  to  said  College,  excepting  books  as  herein- 
after sj)ecified ;  and  all  accounts  relative  to  the  whole 
property  shall  ])e  kept  in  manusciipt  books,  wherein  no 
other  accounts  shall  be  entered ;  and  each  book  shall  be 
of  a  folio  size,  consisting  of  at  least  eight  quires  (768  pp.) 
of  thick  linen  ])aper,  and  bound  in  the  same  substan- 
tial manner  as  the  account  books  used  in  banking  estab- 
lishments, and  shall  \w  lettered  upon  the  back  with  the 
name  of  yZtr^^^^rt' <!^irtf^^^j/f^  ^ot>f>^^jU ^ 
Two  of  these  book«^  shall  be  provided,  if  not  done  l)y 
myself,  as  soon  as  tlio  pn^perty  pa=»ses  into  tlie  liands 


of  tlie  Trustees,  and  designed  for  single  entry ;  one  ta» 
be  used  a&  a  ledger,  and  tlie  other  as  a  day-book. 


Section  Jfoiirlj)  of  %xiuk  StconL 

As  fast  as  money  may  be  paid  over  by  my  Executoi*?^ 
to  the  said  President  and  Fellows  of  Harvard  College^ 
or  may  otherwise  come  into  the  possession  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  Fellows,  the  whole  amounts  shall  be  by  them 
invested  in  stocks,  either  of  the  United  States  or  State 
Govermnents,  or  on  mortgage  of  real  estate ;  and,  in 
like  manner  shall  the  whole  property  hereby  devised 
and  bequeathed  to  the  said  President  and  Fellows  of 
Harvard  College,  and  all  the  revenues  arising  there- 
from  throughout  the  subsequent  future,  and  whose- 
appropriation  or  application  is  not  otherwise  herein 
specified  and  directed,  be  invested  and  re-invested  by 
the  said  President  and  Fellows,  and  their  successors  in 
office,  from  time  to  time,  in  Stocks  of  the  United  States- 
or  State  Governments,  or  on  mortgage  of  real  estate,, 
and  so  continued  forever. 

And,  whereas,  it  has  been  the  usage  in  some  Colleges- 
to  maintain  bequests,  or  other  funds,  upon  which  losses> 
have  arisen,  at  their  origiiial  value,  or  at  their  maxi- 
mum increase,  by  deducting  from  the  income  of  other 
funds  and  adding  the  amount  so  deducted  to  the  de- 
clining fund,  it  will  be  seen  from  the  conditions  and 


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specifications  of  this  will,  especially  in  the  provision 
made  by  the  Accumulating  Fund  for  losses  that  may 
be  sustained,  as,  also,  in  the  precautions  taken  as  to  the 
mode  of  investing  the  property,  that  it  is  my  special 
desire  that  all  my  bequests  and  devises  to  the  President 
and  Fellows  of  Harvard  College  shall  be,  in  all  respects, 
independent  of  all  other  funds  belonging  to  the  College ; 
-and  that,  therefore,  if  any  losses  befal  the  bequests  and 
clevises  herein  made,  it  is  my  desire  that  they  shall 
not  be  made  up  out  of  any  other  funds  belonging  to  the 
College ;  and  so,  on  the  other  hand,  no  losses  that  may 
befal  any  other  fund  belonging  to  the  College  shall  be 
made  up,  or  any  income  thereof,  out  of  any  part  of  the 
funds  consisting  of  the  devises  and  becpiests  herein 
made,  or  such  as  may  accumulate  thereon,  or  from  the 
income  they  may  yield,  but  that  the  whole  property, 
and  all  the  income  it  may  afford,  shall  be  forever 
restricted  to  the  objects  herein  specified,  and  according 
to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  will  and  testa- 
ment 


Section  ^Iftjj  of  lirticle  ^mA 

No  part  of  the  property  given  and  devised  to  the 
President  and  Fellows  of  Harvard  College  shall  be 
applied  to  any  of  the  purposes  hereinafter  specified, 
until  the  annual  income  shall  amount  to  eight  thousand 
^Inllars  :(JK^OOO. )     An  interval  of  several  years  must 


elapse  before  that  revenue,  at  a  compound  interest  of 
five  per  cent.,  will  be  realized;  tliougli  the  interval 
will  be  more  or  less  reduced  by  the  prolongation  of  my 
life,  as  all  my  future  earnings  will  be  applied,  as  far  as 
possible,  to  increasing  this  bequest.  Were  the  time, 
however,  to  exceed  a  generation,  the  delay  would  not 
affect,  injuriously,  the  objects  of  this  bequest,  which 
make  no  distinction  among  the  generations  that  are  to 
come ;  and  the  same  will  be  equally  true  of  the  guar- 
dianship of  the  property.  On  the  contrary,  indeed, 
where  nothing  is  lost,  but  much  may  be  gained,  as  in 
the  present  case,  by  delay,  it  is  evidently  wise  to  await 
the  advantages  which  the  future  may  bestow.  But 
this  must  not  be  permitted  to  run  into  excess ;  and  as 
soon,  therefore,  as  the  aggregate  annual  income  shall 
have  reached  the  amount  of  eight  thousand  dollars,  it 
shall  be  applied  in  the  following  manner : 

First, — Four  thousand  dollars  of  the  foregoing  aggre- 
gate annual  income  of  eight  thousand  dollars  shall  be 
applied  annually  to  the  support  of  sixteen  free  scholar- 
ships. To  carry  out  this  purpose,  four  Undergraduates 
shall  be  nominated  from  each  of  the  four  classes  then 
in  College ;  that  is  to  say,  four  of  the  Freshman  class, 
'four  of  the  Sophomore  class,  four  of  the  Junior  class, 
and  four  of  the  Senior  class,  by  the  President  and  Fac- 
ulty  of  the  College  to  the  Corporation,  as  the  Benefi- 
ciaries, to  be  approved  by  the  Corporation.     But  as 


this  may  be  troublesome  to  the  Corporation,  they  may 
adopt  any  plan  which  may  seem  to  them  expedient. 

To  each  of  the  sixteen  Beneficiaries,  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  shall  be  given  annually  during  their 
connection  with  the  College,  to  aid  them  in  their  edu- 
cation. The  first  recipients,  therefore,  in  the  Senior 
class  will  enjoy  the  benefit  for  one  year  only ;  and  as 
the  benefit  will  always  thereafter  cease  with  the  Seniors 
on  obtaining  their  degree,  the  appropriation  which 
tliiLS  ceases  shall  be  annually  renewed  with  the  incom- 
ing Freshman  class,  as  soon  as  may  be  convenient  after 
they  shall  have  joined  the  College,  to  each  of  whom 
two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  shall  be  given  annually, 
during  tlieir  connection  with  the  College  as  Under- 
graduates, for  the  purpose  aforesaid.  Tliis  pecuniary 
aid  shall  be  applied  for  the  benefit  of  the'  several 
recipients  in  such  manner  as  the  President  and  Faculty 
of  the  College  may  direct.  It  may,  also,  be  withdrawn, 
wholly,  or  in  part,  from  any  Beneficiary,  for  idleness, 
or  immorality,  or  profanity,  or  any  other  vicious  habits, 
or  for  neglect  of  the  pu])lic  duties  of  religion  enjoined 
by  the  College  laws,  or  other  grave  offences,  and  in 
cases,  also,  where,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Faculty,  any 
Beneficiary  may  have  become  independent  of  this  aid ; 
when,  in  all  the  cases,  the  President  and  Faculty  shali 
bestow  the  scholarship  and  its  gratuity,  if  wholly 
revoked,  upon  some  other  worthy  member  of  the  same 
class,  to  be  enjoyed  by  him  during  his  connection  with 


the  College,  in  the  manner  aforesaid.  Or,  if  a  gratuity- 
be  revoked  only  in  paii;,  the  scholarship  shall  remain 
in  its  designation  with  the  original  grantee,  and  the 
proportion  revoked  shall  be  applied  in  such  benevo- 
lent manner  as  the  President  and  Faculty  may  direct, 
or  may  ultimately  i^store  it  to  its  oiiginal  possessor. 

The  foregoing  scholarships  shall  be  entered  and  desig- 
nated upon  the  College  Records,  and  made  known  to 
the  Public  every  year,  as  the  ^c.  tr-^^^^C""^^^^ 
Uryy-t^Jt,  ^^^ytJup^ji^  Free  Scholaksiiips,  They  shall 
be  preserved  and  conducted  wholly  distinct  from  all 
other  scholarships,  and  from  all  other  affairs  of  the 
College,  and  according  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning 
of  this  bequest ;  and  all  accounts,  memoranda,  tfec,  rela- 
ting to  them  shall  be  recorded  and  kept  in  the  books 
as  directed  in  section  second  of  this  Second  Article. 

Secondly, — Four  hundred  dollars  of  the  foregoing 
aggregate  annual  income  of  eight  thousand  dollars  shall 
be  loaned,  annually,  (if  so  much  can  be  thus  usefully  ap- 
plied,) to  such  Undergraduates  as  may  desire  this  mode 
of  assistance,  and  who  may  be  approved  by  the  Presi- 
dent and  Faculty  of  the  College,  and  in  such  sums  as 
the  President  and  Faculty  may  deem  expedient ;  and 
who  shall  also  make  such  arrans^ements  with  the  indir 
dividuals  thus  assisted  for  repaying  the  loan  at  some 
future  period,  as  the  circumstances  of  each  case  may 
indicate^      And  whenever  the  loans  shall  have  been 


restored  to  tlie  College,  they  sliall  be  added  to  the 
Fund  Avhieh  will  he  hereinafter  deBignated  and  de- 
scribed as  the  AccuiiuLATiNG  Fund,  as  shall  be,  also, 
any  pai-t  of  the  said  four  hundred  dollars  that  may  not 
have  been  loaned. 

These  scholai-ships  shall  be  entered  and  designated 
upon  the  College  Records,  and  made  known  to  the 
pubhc,  as  the  /^(^t^^^^'^-^'S^^^^^^^^  e^^^^^^^i^z^^ 
Loan  Sciiolaksiiips.  They  shall  be  preserved  and  con- 
ducted wholly  distinct  from  all  other  scholarships,  and 
from  all  other  affaii*s  of  the  College,  and  according  to 
the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  bequest ;  and  all 
accounts,  memoranda,  <fec.,  relating  to  them  shall  be 
recorded  and  kept  in  the  books  as  directed  in  section 
second  of  this  Second  Ai-ticle. 

Thirdly, — Five  hundred  dollars  of  the  foregoing 
aggregate  amiual  income  of  eight  thousand  dollai*s  shall 
be  given  annually  in  three  Prizes,  one  of  which  shall 
be  two  hundred  dollai*s,  and  each  of  the  other  two,  one 
hundi-ed  and  fifty  dollai-s,  or  gold  medals  of  equal  ^  alue, 
if  preferred,  with  an  inscription  thereon,  designating 
/Zc?^e^r-t~^/^yt^<^^  ^cx^!^^~^  as  the  origin  of 
these  dissertations,  to  the  authoi-s  of  the  best  approved 
essays  upon  the  following  sulyects.  Three  of  the  sul>- 
jects  shall  be  given  out  annually  for  competition  to  the 
Senior  class,  one  of  which  shall  consist  of  a  subject  to 
which  the  figure  1  (one)  is  prefixed,  another  of  a  sub- 


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ject  to  which  the  figure  2  (two)  is  prefixed,  and  another 
of  the  next  following  subject  to  which  the  figure  3 
(three)  is  prefixed.  To  tlie  author  of  the  best  disser- 
tation on  the  subject  to  which  the  figure  1  (one)  is 
prefixed,  and  which  is  the  first  of  the  series  for  each 
year,  the  prize  of  two  hundred  dollars  shall  be  given ; 
and  to  the  authors  of  the  best  dissertations  on  the  sub- 
jects to  which  the  figures  2  and  3  are  prefixed,  and 
Avhich  are  the  second  and  third  in  the  series  for  each 
year,  the  prize  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  shall 
be  given. 

The  following  are  the  subjects : 

I.  First  Year. — 1.  The  power,  wisdom,   and   goodness  of 

God,  as  manifested  in  the  physical  and  moral  world. 

2.  The  advantages  of  a  classical  education. 

3.  "  We  have  reached  that  stage  of  our  progress  in 
which  the  highest  pleasure  that  this  life  can  afford  is 
the  anticipation  of  that  which  is  to  follow." 

II.  Second  Year. — 1.  Christianity,  considered  as  the  basis 

of  modern  civilization,  and  as  promoting  the  religions 
and  moral  progress  of  mankind. 

2.  The  relative  advantages  of  the  learned  professions. 

3.  "  The  inseparable  enemies  of  greatness." 

III.  Ihird  Year. — ^The  character  and  genius  of  St.  Paul,  and 
the  influence  of  his  writings  upon  morals  and  religion. 

2.  "  Divide  with  reason  between  self-love  and  society  ; 
and  be  so  true  to  thyself  as  thou  be  not  false  to  others." — 
jBaeon, 


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3.  **Is  there  less  danger  in  believing  too  much  or  too 

little?" 

IV.  Fourth  Year. — 1.  The  existence,  immateriality,  and 
immortality  of  the  soul,  as  deduced  by  Eeasou. 

2.  The  rise  and  fall  of  Kations. 

3.  "  Which  has  the  greatest  influence  in  the  forma- 
tion of  man's  character,  circumstances,  mental  consti- 
tution, or  free  will  ?" 

V.  FuTU  Year. — 1.  The  character  of  David,  considered  iii 

its  compound  relations  to  natural  temperament,  genius, 
inspiration,  sovereignty,  and  his  own  times.* 

2.  "  Bona  rerum  secundarum  optabilia,  adversarum 
mirabilia." — Seneca. 

3.  ''I  associate  with  no  one,  I  employ  no  one,  who  is 
not  of  my  party  in  religion  and  politics." 

VI.  Sixth  Year. — 1.  "  Nam  pro  jucundis  aptissima  quaeque 
dabunt  dii ;  Carior  est  illis  homo  quam  sibi." — Juvenal. 

2.  The  objections  to  La  Place's  Evolution  of  the  Uni- 
verse, or  Nebular  hypothesis. 

3.  Subject  to  be  assigned  by  the  President  and  Fac- 
ulty. 

VII.  Seventh  Year. — 1.  The  causes  which  contribute  most 
to  infidelity  in  religion,  and  the  importance  of  a  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  Scriptures  to  men  of  scientific 
pursuits. 

2.  "  Kec  lusisse  pudet,  sed  non  incidere  ludem." — 
Horace, 

"Once  to  be  wild  is  not  a  f<ul  disgrace; 
The  blame  is  to  pursue  the  frantic  race." 

*  Ajinihff  mihjcct  tnajr  be  subfttitntod  for  the  flrst  of  ihe  fifth  yenr,  if  thonght  exp^dieot. 

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3.  Subject  to  be  assigned  by  the  President  and  Fac- 
ulty. 

YIII.  Eighth  Year. — 1.  "  Nunc  patimiir  longse  pacis  mala^ 
siBvior  armis,  Luxuria  incubuit,  victumque  ulciscitur 
orbem." — Juvenal. 

2.  Subject  to  be  assigned  by  the  President  and  Fac- 
ulty. 

3.  Subject  to  be  assigned  by  the  President  and  Fac- 
ulty. 

IX.  IS^iNTii  Year. — 1.  Quoe  laedunt  oculos  fcstinas  demere ; 
si  quid  Est  animum  differs  curandi  tempus  in  annum.'^ 
• — Horace. 

2.  "  Et  mihi  res,  non  me  rebus,  submittere  conor." — 
Horace, 

3.  Subject  to  be  assigned  by  the  President  and  Faculty, 

X.  Tenth  Year. — 1. 

''  Lord  Cardinal !  If  thou  thinkest  on  Heaven's  bliss,. 
Hold  up  thy  hand  ;  make  signal  of  that  hope  I 
He  dies  and  makes  no  sign  1" — ShaJcsjpeare. 

2.  Subject  to  be  assignetl  by  the  President  and  Faculty, 

3.  Subject  to  be  assigned  by  th-e  President  and  Fac- 
ulty. 

XI.  Eleventh  Year. — 1.  Tke  connection  between  science^ 
nature,  and  Revelation. 

2.  Human  happii>ess,  how  best  obtained. 

3.  "  *  Men  of  the  world,  who  have  their  portion  in  this 
life.^    The  Psalmrist's  idea  of  a  man  of  the  world,  and 


XII.  Twelfth  Year. — 1.  "  Quicquid  est  illud,  quod  sentit, 
quod  sapit,  quodTivit,  quod  viget,  caileste  et  divinuui 
^  ,  ob  eamqud     rem  a^ternuni  sit  ivecesse  est."" — TuU, 


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2.  "  Vera  gloria  radices  agit,  atque  etiam  propagatnr ; 
ficta  omnia  celeriter,  tanqnam  flosculi,  decidunt,  nee 
simulatum  potest  quidquam  esse  diuturnnm." — Tull. 

3.  "  Haec  olim  raeminisse  juvabit." — YirgiL 

The  foregoing  Prize  Dissertations  shall  be  entei^d 
upon  the  College  Records,  and  made  known  to  the 
public  as  the  /Zc-^-e^r4~^o-^ir^>c^   <^oc^^9^^^ 

Prize  Dissertations.  They  shall  be  preserved  and 
conducted  wholly  distinct  from  all  other  dissertations, 
and  from  all  other  affaii's  of  the  College,  and  according 
to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  bequest ;  and 
all  accounts,  memoranda,  &c.,  relating  to  them  shall  be 
recorded  and  kept  in  the  books  as  directed  in  section 
second  of  this  Second  Article. 

It  is  my  desire  that  the  foregoing  subjects,  or  such 
as  may  be  left  to  be  supplied  by  the  President^  be 
given  out  to  the  Senior  class,  for  competition,  in  the 
order  of  their  an^angement^  from  year  to  year;  and 
that,  when  the  whole  series  shall  have  been  completed, 
they  shall  be  gone  over  again  in  their  regular  order ; 
and  so  continued  forever.  Nevertheless,  the  President 
and  Faculty  will  be  at  liberty  to  select  the  subjects 
out  of  the  order  of  the  yearly  arrangement,  should 
circumstances  render  it  exj)edient ;  and  to  promote  this 
object  many  of  the  subjects  are  left  open  to  be  sup- 
plied incidentally  by  the  President ;  provided,  however, 
where  the  subjects  are  prescribed  by  myself,  they  shall 
alwavs  be  of  the  number  to  which  the  figures  1^  2,  and 


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3,  are  preiixed,  and  such  as  follow  consecutively  in  tlie 
year  from  wliicli  the  selection  is  made  ;  and  provided, 
also,  all  the  subjects  shall  be  given  out  for  competition 
before  any  one  of  the  series  is  repeated. 

Should  there  be  no  competitor  for  any  one  or  more 
of  the  prizes,  or  should  no  dissertation  upon  one  or 
more  of  the  subjects  be  sufficiently  meritorious,  the 
amount  of  the  prize  or  prizes  shall  be  added  to  the 
Fund  heremafter  designated  as  the  Accumulating  Fund, 

The  dissertations  shall  be  always  written  upon  paper 
of  a  uniform  size,  and  of  quarto  form,  and  with  a  mar- 
gin to  admit  of  binding,  according  to  a  standard  pro- 
vided by  the  Faculty ;  and  as  fast  as  they  shall  have 
reached  a  proper  number  to  form  a  volume,  they  shall 
be  substantially  bound  in  Turkey-morocco,  in  uniform 
style,  and  lettered  on  the  back,  /c/7^6-enr<. 
^J^ytyzA/x^  ^0i^ey^7ji^  Prize  Dissertatiot^s,  and  kept 
in  the  College  Library.  To  be  paid  for  out  of  my  Li- 
brary Fund. 

I  may  be  permitted  to  express  a  hope,  also,  that  in  all 
cases  w^here,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Committee,  the  dis- 
sertations may  be  worthy  of  the  public  eye,  their  authors 
may  be  encouraged  to  offer  them  for  publication  in 
some  literary  journal,  or  to  print  them  in  a  pamphlet. 

FourtJily. — One  thousand  three  hundred  dollars 
($1300)  of  the  foregoing  aggregate  annual  income  of 
eight  thousand  dollars  shall  be  invested  annually  for 


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the  promotion  of  knowledge  at  large,  and  the  general 
interests  of  the  College,  by  submitting  to  the  public, 
through  the  usual  channels  of  literary  journals  and 
newspapei-s,  one  of  the  following  subjects  for  Prize 
Treatises,  at  the  end  of  every  fourth  year,  forever. 

The  provision  thus  made  will  amount  at  the  expira- 
tion of  every  fourth  year,  at  six  per  cent,  compound 
interest,  to  near  six  thousand  dollai^s.  Of  that  sum, 
five  thousand  doUai^  shall  be  given  to  the  author  of 
the  best  treatise  upon  the  subject  announced  for  com- 
petition, as  may  be  deteimined  by  the  Committee 
appointed  by  the  President  and  Faculty  for  examining 
the  Treatises ;  and,  as  there  will  be  an  excess,  at  six  per 
cent.,  of  more  than  nine  hundred  dollars  over  the 
amount  of  the  prize,  that  excess,  or  whatever  it  may 
be,  shall  be  given  to  the  Committee  as  a  compensation 
for  their  trouble* 

Provided,  however,  the  authoi's  to  whom  the  prize 
may  be  awarded  shall  pnnt,  at  least,  five  hundred 
copies  of  tlie  several  Treatises,  respectively;  and  the 
first  edition  shall  be  of  octavo  form,  and  shall  be  printed 
with  w^hat  is  known  as  pica  type,  (either  large  or  small 
pica,  as  may  be  directed  by  the  President  and  Faculty,) 
as  it  respects  the  text,  and  upon  paper  equal  to  the 
best  quality  used  for  printing  books  of  octavo  foim. 
One  copy  shall  be  given  to  the  Library  of  Harvard 
College,  bound  in  Turkey  morocco,  and  one  copy  to 
nine  CV)lle.e:e  Libraries,  to  be  indioAted  by  the  President 


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of  Harvard  College.  The  title  page  shall  bear  the 
designation  of  the  ^€r^^rif~^'~0^yT-cA^  ^^/^U^t^^ju^ 

Prize  Treatise  for  tiie  year ,  and  there  shall  be 

the  same  lettering  upon  the  back  of  each  volume,  and 
of  all  the  copies  that  may  be  printed.  When  these 
conditions  shall  have  been  complied  with,  and  a  certi- 
ficate obtained  from  the  President  to  that  effect,  or  that 
he  is  satisfied,  the  amount  of  the  prize  shall  be  paid. 

The  author  shall  be  entitled,  also,  to  one  half  of  the 
proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  the  work,  and  the 
President  and  Fellows  of  the  College  to  the  other  half, 
in  all  cases  forever. 

It  is  my  desire  that  the  moiety  of  sales  accruing  to 
the  Colles^e  shall  be  invested  till  it  reaches  the  sum  of 
ten  thousand  dollars,  and  that  the  interest  from  the 
time  the  fund  begins  to  accumulate,  and  up  to  its  max- 
imum, be  annually  paid  to  the  President  of  the  College 
for  the  trouble  to  which  these  bequests  to  the  College 
will  subject  him.  This  fund  may  conveniently  be 
known  as  the  Presidestt's  Fund  ;  and  all  accounts  rela- 
ting to  it  shall  be  recorded  and  kept  in  the  books  as 
prescribed  in  section  second  of  this  Second  Article. 

When  the  President's  Fund  shall  have  reached  ten 
thousand  dollars,  as  aforesaid,  the  moiety  accruing  to 
the  College  from  the  sale  of  Prize  Treatises  shall  be 
added  to  the  Prize  Fund,  and  as  often  as  it  may  yield 
five  thousand  six  hundred  dollars,  a  subject,  in  the 
order  of  the  arrangement,  shall  be  given  out  to  the 


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public  for  a  Prize  Treatise,  in  the  luauuer  aforesaid,  and 
irrespectively  of  the  regular  quarternary  series.  Of 
this  amount  five  thousand  dollar  shall  be  given  as  the 
prize,  and  six  hundred  dollai's  to  the  examining  com- 
mittee ;  and  the  authors  shall  conform  to  the  conditions 
aforesaid. 

Should  no  treatise  be  offered,  the  same  subject  shall 
be  given  out  to  the  public  for  competition  for  the  prize, 
to  be  awarded  by  the  examining  committee  at  the 
expiration  of  two  or  three  yeai-s  (as  may  be  deter- 
mined) from  the  regular  temi,  and  ii'respectively  of  the 
regular  quarternary  series,  which  shall  be  always  in 
regular  progress.  The  extraordinary  interest  which 
will  accumulate  during  this  period  shall  be  added  to 
that  part  of  the  prize  fund  which  will  be  made  up  of 
the  sale  of  Prize  Treatises,  as  aforesaid ;  as  shall,  also, 
any  extraordinary  interest  that  may  accrue  upon  the 
contingent  part  of  the  fund. 

Should  treatises  be  offered,  but  none  considered  wor- 
thy of  the  piize,  the  excess  over  five  thousand  dollai^s 
shall  be  paid  to  the  examining  committee,  in  all  the 
cases,  and  the  same  subject,  in  all  the  cases,  shall  be 
again  given  out  to  the  public  for  competition,  and  the 
piize  awarded  at  the  end  of  three  yeai^,  and  irrespect- 
ively of  the  regular  quarternaiy  series.  The  amount 
of  the  prize  being  invested  for  three  years  will  yield  a 
compensation  to  the  examining  committee  for  this  repe- 
tition of  the  subject. 


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It  will  be  thus  seen  that  there  is  not  only  a  provision 
for  an  unbroken  series  of  prize  treatises  once  in  four 
years,  but  for  an  irregular  series  dependent  on  certain 
contingencies ;  so  that  there  may  be,  from  time  to  time, 
more  than  one  Prize  Treatise  in  the  course  of  the  reg- 
ular term  of  four  years. 

The  first  of  the  subjects  in  the  order  of  arrangement 
shall  be  given  out  to  the  public  in  connection  with  a 
proper  statement  of  its  objects,  the  amount  of  the  prize, 
and  conditions,  as  soon  as  this  fund  begins  to  accumu- 
late ;  that  is  to  say,  as  soon  as  the  other  appropriations 
begin  to  take  effect,  and  therefore  four  years  before  the 
prize  will  be  awarded.  And  in  like  manner  at  the 
expiration  of  the  fourth  year,  and  of  every  succeeding 
fourth  year,  the  next  following  subject  in  the  order  of 
arrangement  shall  be  publicly  announced,  that  there 
may  be  always  an  interval  of  four  years,  during  which 
the  public  will  have  the  subject  for  the  regular  series 
before  them ;  while  a  period  of  three  years  is  allotted 
to  the  irregular  series.  It  is  also  desirable  that  all  the 
subjects  be  occasionally  published  in  some  suitable  man- 
ner ;  and  that  the  whole  series  be  printed  in  a  Preface 
to  the  Treatises. 

When  the  whole  series  of  subjects  shall  have  been 
given  out,  they  shall  be  again  submitted,  in  the  order 
of  their  arrangement,  to  the  i)ublic,  and  so  continued 
forever. 


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The  founder  of  these  Prize  Treatises  \im,^)ipugntyh^ 
his  privilege  not  only  to  indicate  the  subjects,  1[id1\  to  ^y^^ 
require  in  connection  with  some  of  them  an  adherence^ .  / 
to  certain  principles  which  have  been  long  maintained 
and  expounded  by  the  highest  order  of  intellect  and 
learning,  but  which  are  probably  destined  to  be  for- 
ever controvei-ted ;  and  the  founder  would  say  farther, 
that  this  limitation  is  not  prompted  by  any  objection 
to  the  greatest  latitude  of  opinions,  in  its  relation  to 
individual  rights,  but  by  an  indisposition  to  become 
instrumental  in  promoting  a  latitude  which,  in  his 
judgment,  may  lead  to  the  propagation  of  error. 

The  foregoing  prize  appropriation  shall  be  entered 
upon  the  College  Records,  and  publicly  announced  as 
a  foundation  for   /Ze-^^^^rr~^^»^trx>L^  &^a.l^rju) 

Pkize  Treatises  ;  and  all  the  Treatises  shall  be  designa- 
ted in  like  manner,  as  aforesaid,  and  be  forever  known 
by  that  name.  The  fund  shall  be  preserved  and  con- 
ducted wholly  distinct  fi'om  all  other  funds  and  all  other 
aifaii's  of  the  College,  and  according  to  the  true  intent 
and  meaning  of  the  bequest ;  and  all  accounts,  memo- 
randa, <fec.,  relating  to  it  shall  be  recorded  and  kept  in 
the  books  as  directed  in  section  second  of  this  Second 
Ai-ticle. 

The  following  are  the  subjects   for   the   foregoing 
Prize  Treatises: 
3 


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I.  Tlie  religious  condition  of  the  nations  of  the  Earth;  the 
, , ;    pj'ominent  characteristics  of  their  religions,  respectively  ; 

the  influence  of  their  religions  upon  civilization:  the 
progress  of  Christianity,  in  the  Protestant  acceptation, 
among  the  several  nations,  and  the  efficient  means  now 
in  operation  to  promote  its  extension. 

II.  Commerce,  as  a  Science  and  an  Art ;  its  best  international 
■"'^•■provisions;    its   proper   connections   with  other  great 

branches  of  industry  in  advancing  national  wealth  and 
power;  its  instrumentality  in  promoting  civilization 
and  Christianity  ;  its  general  useful  bearings  upon  man- 
y^M'^ind,  aud  what  tendencies  it  may  have  of  an  opposite 
nature. 

III.  The  history,-  progress,  and  usefulness  of  Medicine, 
including  the  prevailing  doctrines  at  different  eras  ;  its 
liability  to  false  and  injurious  simplifications,  particu- 
larly through  specious  analogies  derived  from  Chemistry 
and  Physics  ;  the  intelligible  and  practical  nature  of  its 
principles  as  founded  upon  the  phenomena  of  living 
beings  in  their  healthy  and  morbid  states,  and  the 
necessity  of  a  sound  philosophy  in  medicine  for  the  most 
successful  treatment  of  disease. 

ly^  Jhe  constitution  of  Civil  Society,  considered  in  a  social, 
moral,  religious,  and  practical  sense,  the  j)hilosophy  of 

"  '^'"^legislation,  and  how  to  render  them  subservient  to  the 
best  interests  of  mankind.  - 

y.  A  general  work  upon  Inorganic  Chemistry ;  embracing 
^  the  principles  of  the  science  and  its  explorations  of  the 
inorganic  kingdom. 

yi,j  A  general  work  upo^  the  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeu- 
tics, based  upon  the  arrangement  projected  by 


-^/ZjC^nr-tY^ 


^Ci^iJr%j^      ^-  ^"i  i^  ^  work  upon  the 


Materia  Medica  and,  Tlierapeiitic-s,  publifc^lied  at  ^N'ew- 
York,  in  the  year ,  1S48 ;  and  deriv^ing  its  principles 
from  the  philosophy  of  Vitalism  and  Solidism. 

VIL  Agriculture,  as  a  Science  and  an  Art,  theoretically  and 
practically  considered,  but  especially  in  its  practical 
bearings. 

VIIL  The  science  of  Political  Economy,  expounded  in  a 
practical  treatise,  and  subordinate  to  the  principles  of 

Christianitv. 

«/ 

IXi  A  woek  upon  Human  Physiology,  with  a  special  refer- 
ence to  those  organic  properties  which  are  inherent  in 
all  parts,  and  to  the  laws  of  sympathy  as  founded  upon 
the  nervons  system  ;  including  the  part  which  the  ner- 
vous influence  takes  along  with  the  organic  properties 
in  the  organic  functions  of  man  and  animals;  taking, 
therefore,  for  the  basis  of  the  work,  the  philosophy  of 
Vitalism  and  Solidism. 

X.  A  general  view  of  Natural  Philosophy,  of  its  history  and 

progress,  and  of  its  influences  for  good  or  for  evil, 
according  to  its  cultivation,  upon  religion  and  morals, 
and  upon  other  great  interests  of  society. 

XI.  The  relationship  of  the  Sciences  to  the  useful  Arts,  how 
far  the  latter  have  been  promoted  by  the  former,  espe- 
cially by  Chemistry  ;  what  improvement  the  Arts  have 
undergone  within  the  last  fift}'  years ;  what  new'  ones 
of  importance  have  been  introduced  within  the  same 
period  of  time,  and  what  the  advantages  of  peacQ  ^o  the 
progress  of  the  Arts. 

Xir.  A  retrospective  view  of  the  Human  Race,  considei*ed 


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other  appliances  of  civilization ;  and  the  progressive 
numerical  increase  or  diminution  of  the  population  of 
different  nations  or  countries,  and  their  causes,  for  the 
last  fifty  years. 

Besides  the  specifications  already  made,  tte  copy- 
right of  all  the  treatises  or  works,  shall  be  with  the 
College ;  but  the  authors  shall  pay  all  the  attendant 
costs  and  expenses  of  the  publications. 

Fifthly. — One  thousand  dollars  of  the  foregoing  ag- 
gregate annual  income  of  eight  thousand  doUai's  shall 
be  annually  applied  in  purchasing  books  for  the  Col- 
lege Library,  and  to  binding  the  same  when  necessary 
to  their  best  preservation ;  but  no  part  of  this  appro- 
priation shall  be  used  for  binding  other  books,  or  in 
any  other  manner  than  now  specified. 

My  own  library,  as  appears  at  page  1,  is  a  part  of 
the  property  hereby  devised  and  -bequeathed  to  the 
President  and  Fellows  of  Harvard  College,  to  be  incor- 
porated with  the  College  Library.  As  soon  as  may  be 
conveniently  done  after  the  books  composing  my  library 
shall  have  been  removed  to  the  College,  it  is  my  desire 
that  a  seal  be  engraved,  bearing  upon  it  the  College 
arms  and  the  inscription,  ^^^^J^nr^  i^rtn^  S^aJruu 
TO  Harvard  College,  and  that  an  impression  from 
ink  be  made  with  the  seal  upon  the  title  page  of  each 
volume,  and,  in  like  mannei*,  upon  all  the  books  that 
may  be  purchased,  with  the  appropriation  herein  made. 


!L>1 

Sivthhj. — Eight  liiindred  dollars  of  tlie  foregoing 
aggregate  annual  income  of  eight  thousand  dollars, 
and  which  is  the  balance  of  the  sum  as  set  forth  at 
the  beginning  of  the  present  section,  shall  be  annually 
and  forever  reserved  and  invested,  without  any  dimi- 
nution of  the  amount,  whatever  accident  may  befal 
the  general  aggregate  annual  income,  as  an  Accumur 
hthig  Fund;  which  is  also  liable  to  a  farther  increase 
from  other  sources,  as  already  directed  in  the  present 
section ;  that  is  to  say,  from  contingencies  relating  to 
the  Ijoan  Scholai-ships,  (page  7,)  and  the  Prize  Dis- 
sertations, (page  12,)  and  to  an  increase,  ako,  in  the 
ratio  of  any  increase  in  the  other  appropriations,  as 
about  to  be  described. 

This  Accumulating  Fund  is  designed,  in  the  first 
place,  and  before  all  other  specified  objects,  to  meet, 
or  make  up,  according  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning 
of  the  bequests,  such  losses  as  are  liable  to  happen  in 
the  best  managed  investments,  and  any  depreciation -^ 
that  may  arise  in  the  general  value  of  money,  when 
such  depreciations  are  likely  to  be  lasting.  This  Fund, 
therefore,  is  intended  to  provide,  especially,  for  the 
entire  independence  of  all  my  devises  and  bequests  to 
Harvard  C'oUege,  according  to  the  conditions  set  forth 
at  page  ?u  Accordingly,  it  is  my  desire  that  the 
income  from  this  Accumulating  Fund  shall  be  applied, 
whenever  necessary,  in  maintaining  and  keeping  u[) 
the  aforesaid  general  aggregate  annual  income  of  eight 


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tliQusaud  dollars,  and  in  a  ju§t  relation,  also,  to  the 
:establislied  current  value  of  money,  when  it  may  liave 
undergone  depreciations ;  tliat  is  to  say,  in  the  former 
case,  and  first  of  all,  where  any  losses  may  happen, 
they  shall  be  made  up  from  the  income  of  this  Fund, 
and  in  the  latter  case,  the  general  aggregate  annual 
income  of  eight  thousand  dollars  shall  be  increased  in 
its  nominal  amount  from  this  Accumulating  Fund,  in 
proportion  to  any  absolute  decline  in  the  value  of 
money,  and  in  the  ratio  of  the  several  amounts,  respect- 
ively. 

The  next  object  intended  by  this  Accumulating 
Fund  is  the  institution  of  other  Free  Scholarships, 
according  to  the  manner  hereinafter  prescribed. 

TV  A  third  series  of  objects  intended  by  this  Accumu- 
lating Fund  is  the  payment  of  any  proper  expenses 
that  may  attend  the  management  of  the  devises  and 
bequests ;  except  as  respects  the  President,  (page  14.) 

-  Provided,  however,  no  part  of  the  principal  of  this 
Fund,  whether  formed  by  the  regular  yearly  additions 
of  principal  and  interest,  or  from  the  other  sources  of  a 
contingent  nature  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  applied  to  any 
of  the  objects  of  the  Fund,  nor  shall  the  regular  annual 
appropriation  of  eight  hundred  dollars  to  the  Fund,  as 
aforesaid,  ever  cease  under  any  circumstances.  It  shall 
be  only  the  interest  that  may  accrue  from  this  Fund 

jaftgritjbe  supposed  exigencies  shall  have  arisen  that 

T  ^alltbe,' a©  applied :;  >  and ,  should  moh i intere^fc-  bie  anadie- 


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qnate  to  repair  any  losses  that  may  be  sustained 
whereby  the  general  aggregate  annual  income  may 
fall  below  eight  thousand  dollars,  all  the  appropriations 
shall  be  reduced,  respectively,  in  a  ratio  corresponding 
with  the  amounts  of  each ;  excepting  the  annual  ap- 
propriation of  eight  hundred  dollars  to  this  Accumu- 
lating Fund,  which  shall  remain  forever  equal  to  that 
amount,  and  shall  be  increased,  also,  in  the  ratio  of 
any  increase  of  the  other  appropriations  that  may  be 
designed  to  meet  depreciations  in  the  value  of  motiey, 
as  aforesaid.  And  when  the  income  of  this  Aecunitt^' 
lating  Fund  may  be  required  by  the  foregoing  sup- 
posed losses,  or  depreciations  of  the  value  of  money,  it 
shall  be  withdrawn,  as  far  as  may  be  necessary^  fix)m 
the  other  objects  of  the  Fund,  should  such  olrjects  have 
come  into  being,  according  to  the  manner  hereinafter 
specified,  and  shall  be  applied  to  those  supposed  exi- 
gencies so  long  as  demanded  by  them. 

As  the  foregoing  supposed  losses,  and  depreciation 
of  the  value  of  money,  are  not  likely  to  happen  often, 
or  to  any  great  extent,  the  Fund  will  be  generally 
applied  to  the  institution  of  Free  Scholarshi]^,  as  afore- 
said. Such  Scholarships,  however,  shall  not  commence, 
under  this  Fund,  until  ite  annual  income  shall  amount 
to  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollai^,  which,  by  the 
accumulation  of  principal  and  interest,  (at  five  per 
cent,  compound  interest,)  will  hai)pen  in  eighteen 
yeai-s  after  the  Fund  begins  to  accumulate.     Of  the 


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sum  thus  yielded  one  thousand  dollars  shall  be  applied 
to  the  institution  of  four  Free  Scholarships,  of  which 
there  shall  be  one  in  each  of  the  four  Undergraduate 
classes,  and  to  each  of  which  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  shall  be  annually  appropriated,  and  in  all 
respects  after  the  manner  of  the  other  Free  Scholar- 
ships, as  aforesaid.  In  like  manner,  also,  they  shall 
bear  the  designation  of  the  /^^'^ca^^  iC^rt^^^^/xy 
Sra^i^r-L^tL^     Free  Sciiolakships. 

The  remaining  two  hundred  dollars  of  the  annual 
income,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  applied,  when  necessaiy, 
to  contingent  expenses,  as  aforesaid,  (page  22,)  and 
whatever  part  of  said  two  hundred  dollars  may  not 
be  thus  required,  the  part  or  the  whole  shall  be  added 
to  the  principal  of  this  Accumulating  Fund. 

Should  no  accident  befal  my  bequests  to  the  Col- 
lege, this  Accumulating  Fund  must  go  on  increasing 
to  an  indefinite  extent ;  and  as  fast,  therefore,  as  it 
may  yield  another  clear  annual  income  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  beyond  the  twelve  hundred  dollars, 
aforesaid,  another  Free  Scholarship  shall  be  estab- 
lished, beginning  with  the  Freshman  class ;  and  so 
continue  to  be  done  forever. 

Nevertheless,  as  the  primary  objects  of  this  x\ccu- 
mulating  Fund  are  to  maintain  the  general  aggregate 
annual  income,  as  aforesaid,  at  eight  thousand  dollars, 
and  to  provide  for  depreciations  of  the  value  of  money, 
and  as  it  is  an  important  object,  therefore,  to  maintain 


2S 

the  annual  income  of  this  Accumulating  Fund  at  one 
thousand  two  hundred  dollars  after  it  shall  have 
reached  that  amount,  should  this  income,  at  any  time 
thereaftier,  fall  below  that  sum,  the  Scholarships  shall 
be  suspended,  and  the  income  of  the  Fund  be  added  to 
the  principal  until  the  latter  shall  have  been  so  increased 
as  to  again  yield  a  clear  annual  amount  of  one  thousand 
two  hundred  dollai's ;  when  the  Scholarships  shall  be 
again  restored. 

And  provided,  also,  should  the  aggregate  annual 
income  of  eight  thousand  dollai*s,  as  aforesaid,  fall 
below  that  sum  fi-om  losses,  or  from  any  causes  what- 
ever, or  should  there  arise  a  depreciation  of  the  value 
of  money,  as  aforesaid,  and  should  said  Scholai^ships 
have  been  established,  a  sufficient  amount  of  the  income 
of  this  Fund,  or  the  whole  of  its  income,  if  necessary, 
shall  be  withdrawn  from  the  Scholai-ships  and  applied 
to  the  foregoing  supposed  exigencies.  As  soon,  how- 
ever, as  these  supposed  exigencies  shall  have  been 
satisfied,  and  the  annual  income  of  the  Fund  shall  have 
again  reached  the  sum  of  one  thousand  two  hundred 
dollars,  it  shall  be  again  restored  to  the  Scholarships, 
and  in  the  manner  aforesaid. 

Without  presuming  to  depai-t  from  the  proprieties 
of  a  Bequest  for  educational  i)urpo3e8,  I  may  be  per- 
mitted to  express  a  wish  that,  should  any  accident,  or 
dilapidation,  bc^fal  the  monument  or  fence  erected  upon 
the  lot  in  Mount  Auburn  Cemetery,  where  repose  the 


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remains  of  J^a^-^rlrOyiiroL/i-  ^^yOT^t.^y' 
it  may  be  repaired,  and  paid  for  by  money  arising 
from  this  Accumulating  Fund.  I  have  thought  this 
a  more  judicious  course  than  making  a  special  grant 
to  the  Corporation  of  the  Cemetery,  for  that  object, 
(as  had  been  my  purpose.) 

This  Accumulating  Fund,  like  all  the  other  appropri- 
ations, shall  be  held  distinct  from  all  other  funds  and 
all  other  affairs  of  the  College,  and  applied  according 
to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  the  bequest ;  and 
all  accounts,  memoranda,  &c.,  relating  to  it,  shall  be 
recorded  and  kept  in  the  books  as  directed  in  section 
second  of  this  Second  Article. 


Stttion  Sekntlj  of  ^rtklc  Sttonb. 

Whereas,  there  are,  or  have  been,  distinguished  men 
of  the  name  of   /Lo-^^/)^  ^^^r^aXr&^ciyi'^'^-^^ ^ 

and  as  that  of  my  late  son  has  been  mistaken  for 
/Zer^^^rirtf^^-exzX     '  although  it  was 

his  usage  to  write  his  name  without  any  abbreviation, 
it  is  my  desire  that  both  of  his  Christian  names  shall 
always  be  expressed  in  full,  so  far  as  his  name  may  be 
connected  with  the  foregoing  bequests  and  their  appro- 
priations ;  and  that  all  public  announcements  of  the 
subjects  of  Prize  Treatises,  and  Prize  Dissertations, 
and  Scholarships,  be  always  made  in  the  full  name  of 


•27  // 

as  far  as  may  be  consistent,  as  if  the  bequests^  anfti/ 
their  appropriations,  had  been  made  by  him ;  it  beini^ 
my  earnest  desire  to  divest  myself  of  all  merit  to  which 
the  bequests  may  seem  entitled,  and  to  bestow  it 
wholly  upon  my  son,  as  it  is  the  object  of  the  whole, 
in  a  personal  sense,  to  illustrate  what  I  know  to  have 
been  his  superior  worth,  and  his  views  of  education 
and  religion,  and  to  render  his  life  pennanently  useful. 
He  has  left  me,  in  his  character,  a  legacy  of  inconceiva- 
ble value,  and  it  is  the  plain  duty  of  the  father,  as  it  is 
his  happiness,  to  bestow  it,  as  far  as  possible,  upon  the 
world.  Nevertheless,  I  must  appear,  at  the  first,  to 
those  who  will  be  most  immediately  interested  in  the 
bequests,  as  having  been  connected  with  them ;  though 
only  so  as  having  been  moved  thereto  by  the  foregoing 
considerations.  In  this  limited  view  of  my  relation  to 
the  bequests,  and  as  their  practical  application  is  pros- 
pective, their  specifications  numerous  and  somewhat 
complicated,  to  aftbrd  facilities  to  those  who  may  be- 
come interested  in  them,  I  shall  print  a  number  of 
copies,  embracing  a  large  part  of  the  Second  Article 
of  this  Will,  to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  College,  and  of  other  friends  of  the  Insti- 
tution. I  would  desire,  also,  that  a  copy  may  stand 
upon  the  shelves  of  the  College  Libraiy. 

Will  dated,  City  of  Nefo-Yorh,  November  15,  1853. 


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